aubrey
01-29-2007, 08:58 AM
Hi, all!
My name is Aubrey, and I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I was a member here before, but then dropped off into the cooked food oblivion when I moved back into my parent's home to go to law school. My parents thought the raw food thing to be too extremist, and essentially, I felt guilty when my mom would prepare a nice dinner and I wouldn't eat it. However, I must say that I went into remission (I have Fibromyalgia) when I did eat raw, and when I began eating cooked foods again, I started experiencing symptoms again.
I switched to eating 3/4 raw in the past month, and save the holidays, was eating about 3/4 raw before then for the previous six months. Recently, however, I have noticed how my environment (be it physical and meta-physical) have been impacting me. Law School, for me, is not a tremendously positive place. The more time that is spent here, the more I recognize how it changes people. Many of the people I started out being friends with are no longer my friends. Most people here do not value health, values, and peace. They may have come in with one set of values, but the competitive environment has caused many to develop a "cutthroat" rather than collaborative attitude toward their colleagues in their chosen profession. My view always has been and always will be that lawyers are counsellors, and are here to help people through very difficult and often traumatic moments in their lives, being an advocate and a voice for that person when they need one most. As time goes on here, people do whatever they can to get ahead, even if it means stepping on others to get there. Long story short, I feel the negative vibe of law school in general beginning to permeate me, and I don't like it.
I remember that when I was 100% raw, negativity didn't impact me the way it does now. I had more energy, and a positive outlook on life. I felt more compassion, as eating raw is in line with ahimsa, the yogi practice of non-harming, and I practice yoga daily. In sum, eating raw was not only good for my physical health, it was good for my mental and emotional health. I don't think people realize how important an impact diet has on the mental/emotional side of health.
So I am back, and I am going to begin eating raw, 100%, again. What I had trouble with the most last time was chocolate and bread. I'm going to try to find other alternatives that help me to beat those cravings this time around. One thing that I cannot do, however, is give up my sashimi. Its a twice monthly ritual between me and the boyfriend, and it is tradition...something we both cherish. I know fish is essentially meat, and that this is a vegan diet, but I do want to be honest for my love of sashimi. Hey, at least it is raw! :)
~Aubrey
My name is Aubrey, and I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I was a member here before, but then dropped off into the cooked food oblivion when I moved back into my parent's home to go to law school. My parents thought the raw food thing to be too extremist, and essentially, I felt guilty when my mom would prepare a nice dinner and I wouldn't eat it. However, I must say that I went into remission (I have Fibromyalgia) when I did eat raw, and when I began eating cooked foods again, I started experiencing symptoms again.
I switched to eating 3/4 raw in the past month, and save the holidays, was eating about 3/4 raw before then for the previous six months. Recently, however, I have noticed how my environment (be it physical and meta-physical) have been impacting me. Law School, for me, is not a tremendously positive place. The more time that is spent here, the more I recognize how it changes people. Many of the people I started out being friends with are no longer my friends. Most people here do not value health, values, and peace. They may have come in with one set of values, but the competitive environment has caused many to develop a "cutthroat" rather than collaborative attitude toward their colleagues in their chosen profession. My view always has been and always will be that lawyers are counsellors, and are here to help people through very difficult and often traumatic moments in their lives, being an advocate and a voice for that person when they need one most. As time goes on here, people do whatever they can to get ahead, even if it means stepping on others to get there. Long story short, I feel the negative vibe of law school in general beginning to permeate me, and I don't like it.
I remember that when I was 100% raw, negativity didn't impact me the way it does now. I had more energy, and a positive outlook on life. I felt more compassion, as eating raw is in line with ahimsa, the yogi practice of non-harming, and I practice yoga daily. In sum, eating raw was not only good for my physical health, it was good for my mental and emotional health. I don't think people realize how important an impact diet has on the mental/emotional side of health.
So I am back, and I am going to begin eating raw, 100%, again. What I had trouble with the most last time was chocolate and bread. I'm going to try to find other alternatives that help me to beat those cravings this time around. One thing that I cannot do, however, is give up my sashimi. Its a twice monthly ritual between me and the boyfriend, and it is tradition...something we both cherish. I know fish is essentially meat, and that this is a vegan diet, but I do want to be honest for my love of sashimi. Hey, at least it is raw! :)
~Aubrey